Tech
Post-Katrina tech funds prove difficult to track
Spreadsheets show millions of dollars in spending on tech-related products and services, including for software and telecommunications, but the data is not always recent.
Tech
Technology agency's leader resigns, agency to close
Move follows efforts in recent years -- both on Capitol Hill and in the Bush administration -- to eliminate the Technology Administration.
Oversight
Watchdog agency seeks extra funds for Hatch Act probe
Office of Special Counsel says it needs to add investigators for wide-ranging inquiry into briefings given by White House staffers.
Oversight
Pilot program to gather subcontracting data moves forward
Information collected as part of test run won’t be available to the public, in a compromise move drawing a mixed reaction.
Defense
Economist warns against vague statements on security threats
Officials should make sure any information they provide is backed by data analysis, rather than gut feelings, researcher says.
Pay & Benefits
Federal health premiums to rise slightly in 2008
Overall, they will go up by an average of 2.1 percent next year, as OPM dips into reserve funds to keep increases down.
Oversight
Staffing shortages slow vets’ employment counseling
VA and Labor coordination efforts hindered by personnel limitations, difficulty sharing information.
Pay & Benefits
Top Dollar Talent
Agencies are making big strides in offering incentives to new and seasoned employees.
Tech
White House shifting to Internet-based communications
First phase of switch to IP standard appears to be for a mobile package to support the president during his travels.
Defense
Senate appropriators approve Defense spending measure
Committee members honor request to keep the bill free of any Iraq funding or policy provisions.
Oversight
Technology spending increasingly pushed to end of fiscal year
Shift in appropriations timing is leading to fourth quarter spending sprees and changes in agencies’ business plans, research firm says.
Oversight
Senate passes transportation spending bill by veto-proof margin
Vote suggests support among Senate Republicans for Bush's threatened vetoes of domestic appropriations is not as strong as in the House.
Tech
Procurement agency to take telework lead
Goal is to get half of all eligible GSA employees working outside the office once or twice a week within three years.
Defense
Contractors take on expanded role in drug war
While the private sector has long supported federal counter-narcotics programs, the scope of requirements in contract awarded last month is new.
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